Taking Responsibility.

[kingmakereffect]

And a while after that strange, dark floor is accessed, after you've had time to look things over and get some idea of what's happening...well. There won't be any sort of official announcement to tell you to get downstairs, nor will there be a personal invitation for you to do so. Instead, the doors at the end of the corridor (were they there before? You find that you don't remember. It doesn't matter anymore, though-) slide open, as they always do, and the elevator ride to the courtroom is probably the first familiar thing that's happened all day. It's smooth and quick, though it seems to take a bit longer than it usually does. And when the doors open at the end of the line, the courtroom looks different. The dark, weirdly cylindrical room is largely the same in and of itself, but the usual twenty-seven podium circle is gone; instead, there's a smaller setup in the center of the room - ten podiums total, and you'll likely find the way your spots have been distributed to be very familiar indeed. Of further notice is the balcony - there's a structure that wasn't there before in view of the courtroom, situated high above, barred-in by a railing that'd probably be at about waist-height on your average person; there's no one up there just yet, however. There are so few of you now. It seems that today there are no speeches to give; maybe the Kingmaker is absent, maybe he just doesn' have anything to say. Either way, however, the implication in the fact that you're here at all is clear. For one last time, make the guilty take responsibility.

Comments

[captainobnoxious]

Persevering is my main guess. He might be young, but like I said, age doesn't matter. And someone who wouldn't stop no matter what fits the way you described your friend pretty spot on. Greggy was my other one, seeing how you and I get along so well, but I'm more sure of the first one.

[And she is nothing if sociable.]

[isafraid]

If they really got the smart idea to put children through this nightmare, then they're even worse then we thought!

[He didn't want to imagine it like that, but the photos do look pretty young...]

[penduli]

Teenagers aren't children. [ really. maybe to you old people but. ]

[goodforsomething]

Yeah, they are.

[kingmakereffect]

You're right. His title was Persevering but his name was Silver. He was my best friend.

[He sounds tired. Maybe a little bit upset, but definitely tired.]

If you're going to talk about him, please use his name.

...You still have a lot left to figure out though.

[notjustawriter]

[Don't worry, Black, when you hit 30-something, you'll be thinking anyone under 20 is a child.]

[goodforsomething]

Did Visionary kill him?

[amygdalae]

[They totally are.

Bruce is too polite to say it, though.]

[cherryblooded]

Working on it.

Visionary was the one who killed him, I'd assume. Can't see you defacing photos for any other reason.

[...That still leaves why Alphys's profile was separated from the rest, though.]

[kingmakereffect]

Yes.

[isafraid]

[He didn't really mean it like that but..... okay this is happening]

[captainobnoxious]

I wonder if that's a code name too.

[A Glance at Black.]

Alright, I'm pretty much done asking about him. But he was set apart from the others along with Alphys -- Reticent -- and the poor guy who's lost his eyes. What's so special about them?

[amygdalae]

...that solidifies the fact that our current Kingmaker was more or less a participant in the previous round.

[Considering the fact that 1) Silver was killed and 2) the culprit was somebody in those folders.]

[sleepingkogoro]

...I'm really sorry to hear that.

[And Mouri does mean it. Kingmaker or not, it must have been a terrible experience.

Once again Mouri talks to everyone else]

Visionary killed Pers...Silver, and Silver was Pretentious's best friend. Either the Pretentious knew Silver from before or Pretentious and Silver were in the same round. Pines-san, Bruce-san, Knight-san, did any of you see anything else worthwhile in the files you found? Like...anything setting apart profiles from the rest other than Reticent's?

[cherryblooded]

He's Pretentious, remember? Listed as a victor in this book.

[kingmakereffect]

[Stan's already covered Visionary, so...]

She was important too.

[captainobnoxious]

I'll say that Silver and our Kingmaker here were only made friends by circumstance, or so he's told me. So I'm guessing they didn't know each other before.

[amygdalae]

The round could have happened a long time ago, for all we know. With this at least we might have a better idea of the timeline of things.

[notjustawriter]

Another friend?

[cherryblooded]

...If she was actually a mole and Mouri has been right about every major theory I'd previously dismissed, I am going to punch myself in the face.

[captainobnoxious]

[... Thanks Stan.]

So she was one of your friends? [...] Did she ever tell you the color of your soul?

[sleepingkogoro]

[wow so much faith]

[captainobnoxious]

Don't do that, honey. Let me. I'll make it count.

[amygdalae]

It was mostly just the folders and items, at least in this case. There was nothing really special that set them all apart - just the fact that those three were set aside from the others.

[cherryblooded]

Don't need another punch from you that badly.